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A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...

Everybody knows that zebras have stripes. The question is: why? And the so-called ‘stripe riddle’ has puzzled scientists, including the great evolutionary theorist, Charles Darwin, for over a century. Many theories have been put forward: the most popular being that the zebra’s stripes protect it from predators by blurring its image, especially from a distance....

It’s a mercurial place. One minute Hollywood golden girl, wreathed in improbably blue skies, and patrolled by great herds of elephants that pose, as if on the director’s cue, against the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. The next it’s a set for Game of Thrones: dark, and menacing. And it all depends on the mountain. Kilimanjaro,...